We used to have a video club at Primary School (5-12 years) where you'd pay something like 10p to watch a film after school on a crappy TV. One such film was Beastmaster, we also watched Raiders of the Lost Ark, and inexplicably Assault on Precinct 13 (one of the older kids brought it in and told us younger ones not to say anything to the teachers)
Needless to say, I loved Beastmaster and Raiders, and didn't have a clue what was happening in Precinct 13 apart from the swearing and violence....Fun times
I don't normally comment on news posts, but in this instance, FUCK CANCER
Fuck cancer for stealing my brother from me, and for taking half my bf's lung
I seriously hopes this works for everyone out there living with this disease, and for their families, friends, the people who love them....
.....and also for everyone who has died too soon and missed their chance for survival. Their donation of tissue samples and furthering the cancer research that ultimately wouldn't help them, but will help the poor bastards that are diagnosed today and in the future...It is bitter sweet
Fuck cancer
'Silverfish scales' by Ulrich Vogl
>Lepisma saccharina > >The scales of silverfish are a good test for the resulotion of any optics, and a true challange for any stacking algorithm. > >Mitutoyo 50xHR NA 0.75, tube lens: Raynox (125mm) > >Illumination: Back light and oblique
a certain ‘labor of love’ needs to be involved
You are not wrong! I think I must be mental sometimes, but it can be good fun discovering new things and then sharing them....
I really like her work, I posted last week some of her cityscapes of Manchester, which is interesting to see the ordinary and mundane of somewhere you know immortalized in art. I've got some others of hers which I'll probably share next week
Also thanks for the tip regarding the code to expand images, it would be nice if the developers added a nice easy button to click to do it for me, but it's something I can remember to do, like all the other minor things that help when making a post (it's a learning process)
Cheers! 😀
edit, I've just tried it out on one of my posts on mander, it works really well!
Main image 'Storm Clouds Over Criffel Hill, Solway'
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Above 'Mountain Mist, Isle of Skye'
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Above 'Morning light, Scottish Highlands'
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Above 'Sunset Silloth on Solway'
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Above 'Sunset Silloth on Solway'
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Above 'Sunset Outer Hebrides'
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Above 'Storm clouds over Isle of Harris Scotland'
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Above 'Mountain mist Isle of Skye'
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Above 'Luskentyre Beach Isle of Harris'
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Above 'After the Storm, Isle of Skye'
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Above 'Evening Reflections, Western Isles'
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Above 'Autumn Mist, Isle of Skye'
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Above 'After the Storm, Isle of Skye'
Her website
edit, now with expanded images!
'Punchcard Architecture' by Pneumococcus
>I quite like the random pattern of the windows on the left, but do wonder whether they let in enough daylight. It seems to me the architect pays more attention to design rather than functionality. I should know, I happen to work in a building designed by the same chap ...
'Les couleurs du monde' by Julian
>« Le poète, pour représenter l'univers visible, est bien en dessous du peintre, et pour l'univers invisible, il est bien en dessous du musicien. » > >Léonard de Vinci > >Cheminée Moretti (1995) > >Sculpteur : Raymond Moretti
'The Wing (Hemerobius humulinus)' by Ulrich Vogl
>Hemerobius humulinus, wing detail > >Also the wings of Hemerobiidae are nicely structured. Here some UV fluorescence lets the veins glow. > >Eye detail is shown here
>Mitutoyo 20x NA 0.42, tube lens: 200mm (Nikon) > >Illumination: Dark field and polarization, white LED light, UV fluorescence
Scotland does have it's share of horrible decor, I do quite like the over abundance of tartan soft furnishings though...I've seen some that must be like living in one of those 'magic eye' pictures, must be fun if you have epilepsy....
They’re over 70.
No need for a proper sink in the kitchen as they exist on Wiltshire Farm Foods 👍
Well that's worse than useless....
I'm fully convinced it's a house for sex parties. Glossy wipe down surfaces for added hygiene, plus the plastic covers on the seats and table, a pointless sink to rinse your dick in, the weird bedroom/toilet/utility room. It's high up on a hill so there's the potential for some al fresco fucking, a marque out front....I've clearly been thinking a lot about this
edit- I forgot about the glass gimp box under the stairs....
It's also been reduced! Buyers market.... perfect for a Hugh Hefner Valley type
I think that's the one with the fridge freezer in it ....I think I was just getting really confused by then
Rip out the horrible interior, extend, it could look really nice!
In it's current state though, it's just bizarre. It's like an 'upmarket' house in the countryside for sex parties.... Maybe the weird hand wash basin in the kitchen is for rinsing your dick in?
3 bedroom detached house for sale in Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd, LL48 for £400,000. Marketed by Beresford Adams, Porthmadog
Found this delight on Rightmove today!
Elegance personified.....
Coco Chanel would have loved to see her logo on a toilet lid
I think there's a fridge freezer in the bedroom???
I don't know what this thing is
I’m glad there are artists capturing the normal sights of places instead of focusing on the most impressive and amazing parts of the world, you know?
I agree, it's always nice to see your local places immortalized in art, I think it helps that she's from Bolton, although I haven't seen any paintings of that downtrodden place yet...
All that's missing from the paintings is a couple of spice-heads, and the guy who's always playing the 'Harry Potter Theme' on a recorder near Selfridges
Love back at you, from up the road 🐝 ❤️
She's won a few awards for her work which doesn't surprise me!
I'll be posting some of her other work at some point which is just as good, if not better.....even though I do love the fact that she makes Blackpool look pretty fucking amazing 🤣
Main photo 'After the Storm, Oxford Street, Manchester'
Janet Kenyon is a multi-award winning water colour artist hailing from Bolton, in North West England.
She began experimenting in water colour whilst studying for her degree at Leeds Polytechnic, where she achieved a BA Hons in Graphic Design.
Her experimental approach continues to push the boundaries of this medium, capturing both natural and artificial light and its interaction with the landscape.
In this post I want to show off her work from my neck of the woods ..... 'sunny' Manchester, and the rather grim, rundown seaside town of Blackpool, famous for its 'Illuminations' where the seafront is decorated with festive lights....
Above- 'The Principal, Manchester'
>I enjoy the challenge of painting in watercolour because it's not the easiest of mediums, there's a lot of trial and error which makes it all the more rewarding when it does work out..... source
Above- 'Urban Light, Peter Street, Manchester'
Above- Evening Light, Printworks, Manchester'
>[She] is interested in capturing those hidden moments of tranquility or ‘pockets of space‘ .....that exist within the hustle and bustle of a modern-day city.... source
Above- 'Evening Light, Oxford Street, Manchester'
Above- 'After the Storm, Oxford Street, Manchester'
>'In my paintings I love to explore the different qualities of light, and through much experimenting over the years, I’m still developing my technique. The method I use to capture light, in my paintings, is the same whether it’s natural or artificial and is made up of many watercolour layers. To achieve this I use clear wax to mask off certain areas and lots of water and repeat this many times over. The highlights in my daytime scenes and the artificial lights in my night time scenes are the first areas to be masked off, then the process of applying and removing the watercolour starts.' source
Above- 'Urban Light, Oxford Street, Manchester'
Above- 'The Palace Theatre, Oxford Street, Manchester'
>'....I particularly love the challenge I get from painting cityscapes, the shapes, structures and the space between with each city presenting it’s own unique qualities of scale and layout.' source
Above- 'Northern Edge, Manchester'
Above- The Opera House, Manchester'
>'There’s still so many cities I’d like to paint one of them being the city of Reykjavik, Iceland which I’m visiting at the end of February, for a few days: hopefully the light will be good as I’m looking to gather as much information as I can for future paintings.' source
....and not forgetting our own Aurora Borealis of The North, Blackpool!!
Above- 'The Golden Mile, Blackpool'
Above- 'Northern Lights, Blackpool'
All work by Janet Kenyon, from her website, and here
I am intending to post some more of her work probably next week..... either her other cityscapes or landscapes (which are amazing!)
'Skylight I, Herzog & de Meuron' by JuanVan
>One of the skylights of the Forum Building. Edificio Forum Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Architects: Herzog & de Meuron, 2004 > >The triangular building measuring 180 meters on each side and 25 meters in height. The building has an auditorium with a seating capacity of 3,200 and an exhibition hall covering nearly 5,000 square meters. > >It was the symbol of the 2004 Universal Forum of Cultures.
they’re presented on a legit looking website mixed in with real information. It really can poison the well of information out there
I completely agree with this, I'm not against ai art (I've had a mini dabble to 'create' something, it's fun! and from a science perspective a photo realistic dinosaur created using up to date research can help present information and capture an audience) however, it does need to be labelled as such when depicting actual living things today
Also, the text on this website also reads like ai mind babble with lots of 'flowery' phrasing and repetition, I've no idea if it is ai generated but even my attempts at writing read better (I hope)
The 'authors' are also suss- '.....Sophia has a deep love for furry friends, from the tiny shrew to the giant elephant. She spends her days studying how these incredible creatures live, play, and interact with their environment. With a heart full of curiosity and compassion, Sophia is dedicated to protecting mammals and their habitats'
This is 'Sophia'
Quite fascinating in a horrendous way, I genuinely hope this isn't the future of the internet
If it turns out I'm wrong about any of the above I will happily edit my comment (and include an apology)....I doubt that will be happening though....
I had a similar experience recently while researching for !nudibranchs@mander.xyz....I found these gems pretending to be nudibranchs
In fact the whole site has some wonderful ai abonimations masquerading as real animals....
....This is a 'mud skipper'
It's weird out there!
That looks really good, it never occurred to me that an etching like that would work as phone wallpaper...also you've got several to rotate if you need a change 👍
Thanks for the feedback, I'm trying something a bit different instead of just posting nice pictures....but it also helps that I actually went to the exhibition 😀
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15288452
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Main photo, etching Neilltuad
I visited an exhibition recently at Oriel Plas Glyn Y Weddw in Llanbedrog, North Wales, showing some of his work.
It was unfortunately a retrospective exhibition as he died not that long after the opening
>...[The exhibition] celebrates the career of Berwyn Jones and includes a range of works produced during a period of nearly 40 years through many mediums. > >Born in Llanbedrog in 1942.... [he] established himself as a self-employed artist in the late 1960s and early 1970s, making a series of small woodcuts mainly of Llŷn landscapes. [Llŷn Peninsula, North West Wales] > >In the 1970s he turned his hand to pottery and built an oil-fired kiln. Janet, his future wife, joined him as an Apprentice in 1974 and this began a productive period of creating pottery.... > >....In 1984 he bought an engraving press which led to the creation of a series of engravings, mainly of local landscapes and seascapes. Then, in 1994 he turned his sights once again to painting oil on canvas creating works such as 'Yn y Berllan' and 'Hen Sugn, Hen Dai'.... Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw
I have to admit I didn't like the pottery, it was a bit too Bernard Leach country pottery- serviceable but not aesthetically pleasing, and also his abstracts weren't working for me....
The woodcuts were a bit too 1960's colour theme and somewhat 'clunky' in the carving
I did however love the etchings! I was particularly drawn to the etchings featuring water or sand ripples.
Also of interest for me were examples of his work sketches and planning for the etchings, including the different plates with colour layers, plus ink samples
Below is a small collection of the etchings, and some of the better wood carvings....
Twlldan Grisia....(A massive favourite of mine, and featuring in the work planning sketches that accompanied the exhibition)
Towyn
Llwybr Llymriaid.....(if I had the money I would have bought this, I really loved the depth of colour)
Garreg Fawr
Bwlch Coch.....(Again another favourite, and featured in the work plan sketches)
Haul Gaerau
Bwlch
Tany Fron
Now some of the wood cuts....
Deuglawdd....(I do actually like this, and the colours aren't too 1960's)
Pengarreg....(Holy 1960's Batman!! Seriously though, there is a charm about it, and I think it turned out well)
Ochor ‘Mynydd'.....(this one has an almost 3d type effect with the colours, especially the sky)
Enlli....(A bit too 1960's but I know the location, so it gets a pass)
All work by Berwyn Jones, and quotes via Oriel Plas Glyn y Weddw
Any opinions are mine and please checkout the website for the rest of the etchings and wood cuts!
'Aphid wing' by Ulrich Vogl
>Green aphid (wing) (Aphidoidea sp.) > >Mitutoyo 50x NA 0.55, tube lens ITL200 (Nikon) > >The wings of aphids are rather thin (about 500nm), and also very rough (+-160nm). Thats why they show up with rather small regions of the same color (in epi-illumination at high magnification).
It took me a while, even with the brief description to 'see' it...there's a concrete/tarmac quality to the ice which always throws me for a minute...I like the gaping maw description- very apt
I've seen lots of contemporary dance performances which have blown me away, one was called 'The Silk Road' and showed how dance, as well as material goods was passed on via the silk road.
It had traditional Indian dance and Spanish dance (the one where the men do the foot stomping, I've not been up for long and my brain is still in sleep mode). It was amazing. The dancing was beautiful and demonstrated how culture and ideas are transmitted, in this instance- the similarities of dance movements
Also saw a free performance of some students of Chethams School of Music (Manchester) perform the harp. I think there was 4, maybe 5 female students, and it was beautiful. I've never heard the harp performed just on its own and they used percussive rhythms made by drumming and tapping the instrument...
I have the flyers from both above performances, so I'll edit my comment later on after I've found them
Also adding Estas Tonne....my boyfriend is a big fan and we traveled down to London for a week which included one of his gigs....it was held in a church and was just him and his guitars (and 2 incense sticks)
When I die I hope it’s doing 2 of my favourite activities- sitting and doing nothing.
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